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Sonja Johnson is always looking to take one extra step toward better health and an improved quality of life.
And when Johnson says “keep it moving,” she means it literally.
“I’m not going to stop,” Johnson said. “My goal is 10,000 steps every day.”
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The Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama today announced an investment of $1.05 million in Alabama-based breast cancer research, bringing the organization’s total impact over 25 years to nearly $11 million. Matching their 2019 investment, the organization will support 14 research projects throughout the state, including studies at the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Auburn University, Cerflux, Mitchell Cancer Institute at University of South Alabama, Tuskegee University and Southern Research.
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The O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center recently awarded eight projects a total of $1.2 million in research grants through its new program, O’Neal Invests. The O’Neal Invests program funds UAB investigators initiating new cancer-related projects to do key, preliminary work in order to enable competitive R01 applications.
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In two decades, the Office of Community Outreach & Engagement at the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB has trained more than 2,000 Community Heath Advisors. Countless lives have been impacted by the work of these Community Health Advisors, or CHAs, who provide a link to essential health education and awareness in communities most in need of access.
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O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center senior scientists Donald Buchsbaum, Ph.D., and Pran K. Datta, Ph.D., recently received research grants from the Richard A. Elkus, M.D., Eminent Scholars Program in Gastrointestinal Oncology.
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It has been 25 years since leaders at UAB recognized the need to address widening health disparities in cancer screening and treatment, and then took decisive action to address it.
The result was the creation of what is now the Office of Community Outreach & Engagement at the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB. During its silver anniversary this year, the office traces its roots, development and impact on the communities it was designed to serve. This month, the office’s monthly newsletter, Community Connections, talks to a few of the pioneers.
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With certificates presented to smiling faces and poses for photos, several recent celebrations had the usual sights and sounds of a graduation – but with a twist.
Drive-through gradations and socially distanced activities did not lessen the excitement of health advocates after eight weeks of training on chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
Newly trained Community Health Advisors from the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center received their credentials for a new program to improve the health of their communities in Alabama and Mississippi.
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After her mother died from lung cancer in 2011, Laronica Conway left her position as assistant commissioner for championships and sports administration with the Southeastern Conference for a new role in patient care, where she now serves as a research study coordinator at the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB.
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The O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center welcomes six new faculty recruits: Bo-Ruei Chen, Ph.D., Maya Khalil, M.D., Katia Khoury, M.D., Victor Lin, M.D., Ph.D., Satoru Osuka, M.D., Ph.D., and Sravanti Rangaraju, M.D.
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Leaders of the York Housing Authority are determined to bring essential health messages to their residents, even as they remain physically separated during the pandemic.
York, Alabama, housing employees participated in a virtual conversation this week with more than 100 other people about breast cancer detection, treatment and survivorship. “Sister Talk” was the first of two interactive virtual conversations about breast cancer presented by the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
